Keyboard dismisses automatically after a few seconds (Android only)

[copilots-app]

Keyboard dismisses automatically after a few seconds (Android only) after upgrading from 0.59 -> 061

React Native version:
System:
OS: macOS 10.15.1
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 1.33 GB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 12.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.9.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.17.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.11.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.9.0/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 13.2, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.2, watchOS 6.1
Android SDK:
API Levels: 26, 27, 28
Build Tools: 27.0.2, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
System Images: android-24 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-27 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: 17.2.4988734
IDEs:
Xcode: 11.2.1/11B500 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.9.0 => 16.9.0
react-native: 0.61.5 => 0.61.5

Steps To Reproduce

1. render

Describe what you expected to happen:

I expected the Keyboard to stay open

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:

[copilots-app]

Figured it out ... it was a ViewPagerAndroid component that dismissed the keyboard whenever it was skipping to the next page. solved by addingkeyboardDismissMode='none' to the ViewPager.